vibrations by guitars and pianos are transverse waves but sound waves are longitunal waves?
so are those vibrations sound waves?
2007-01-24 20:36:15 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
The transverse waves of the instrument hit the air surrounding it creating a longitudinal wave in the air. Simple, huh?
2007-01-24 22:22:53 · answer #1 · answered by FourKingHigh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all music is sound waves
sound waves are longitudinal in nature
i.e the vibrations are in the direction of propagation unlike light
which is a transverse wave.
when a string is plucked it disturbs the air around creating an acoustic wave which is sound
2007-01-30 15:53:44 · answer #2 · answered by photon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i really don't remember this stuff but i believe that both transverse and longitudinal waves can travel though a solid medium right? so it's not the strings that are making the longitudinal waves but the conversion by the solid medium (the guitars inside acoustics) changing the transverse waves to longitudinal.
again i could be totally wrong on this...
2007-01-24 20:52:24 · answer #3 · answered by helloitsrandy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sound waves are produced by the compression of a medium (such as air or water). A stringed instrument causes compression waves when the string is plucked (the vibrating string vibrates the air). Brass instruments cause compression waves within the instrument that then cause compression waves in the air.
2016-03-29 01:37:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
any wave that our enars can interpret are sound, long or traverse does not matter
2007-01-24 20:50:20 · answer #5 · answered by blitzkrieg_hatf6 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋